... smelling globs of mucous and bacteria that get caught in the back of the throat. They form in the tonsil crypts which are simply small pockets or divots that appear in everyones tonsils. ... (2 replies)

... tasis, bronchopneumonia infiltrates, nodular necrotizing sarcoidos and TB has been considered whatever that means. But unlike a lot of you I cannot bring up the mucous and it just clogs my throat making it hard to swollow food sometimes. If anyone has something and could tell me where to get it I would appreciate it. ... (2 replies)

... late July i picked up a bad cough. no fever but i was tired and the coughing was worse in the evening and in the morning i would get bad attacks and it was very hard to cough up the phlegm. ... (6 replies)

... test being off the meds. I would definitely keep the appointment for the challenge. If you do not respond, then I would start pushing hard for more answers. Prednisone is nasty stuff and horrible medicine to be on for any length of time. ... (4 replies)

... Hi, I've been unwell for the past 2 weeks with something that started as a cold. Ive had symptoms of -
1st few days A dry cough (didnt bother me that much)
after few days turned into a cough that had thick green phlegm, and some hard green phlegm in it, and I felt abit tired and had a really blocked nose as well with very thick mucousy stuff in it
After a few days the... (4 replies)

... I am 72 year old who had my cancerous lung removed in second week of july. Would like to hear from others with same to compare notes on any problems you may have. I have a problem with hard to expell mucous & still pretty sore on back & shoulder area of surgery. lets hear from you . thank you. (0 replies)

... de and I found a paved trail with no people, yea. I've always walked a lot but the last years of smoking I could barely go down the drive. When smoking, it was hard to exhale all the smoke, plus I would wake with my heart going crazy. ... (10 replies)

... everal months after the surgery. I had a doctor tell me to do the saline wash for sinus problems but that was before I got lung diseases. The salt water cleans mucous out of your nose, decongests, improves nasal drainage and improves the effectiveness of the nose's cilia hair cells. ... (237 replies)

... Here is the deal. Aug 17th I started having a bad nasal drip, sore throat w/ congestion. I had no fever or any other symptoms. My doctor told me it was a light sinnitus, and gave me amoxacillin (spelling?). The nasal drip and sore throat went away except the congestion.
Aug21st I had a very tight chest and was coughing up green 'stuff'. So I went to the doctors and gave me... (0 replies)

... er so naturally i get out of breathe. I am not sure how he reads the spirometry machine though. I stopped smiking last week and within 3 days of stopping NO MORE MUCOUS in the morning, and no more wheezing. Tomorrow I am going back for another test and will blow as hard as I can. ... (9 replies)

... doctor took me off the medicine but I think I still have the MAC. I was coughing mostly at night because I would have a tickle in the bronchial area and it was hard to get anything up. When I did, it would be a yellowish green color. It also was of a granular substance. ... (10 replies)

... ere of a granular substance mostly at night. Lots of nights I would have to keep a cough drop in my mouth all night to keep from coughing. And yes the phlegm was hard to bring up. It is almost like tiny tiny pieces of chalk or sand that you can actually crush between your teeth. One Dr. ... (2 replies)

... if that is what I have been coughing up that is of a granular substance...almost like chalk breaking up into tiny pieces. I asked the doctor if he thought it was mucous plugs and he said yes. ... (104 replies)